Congregational Church of Topsfield

Larry Atkins, a long time member of the Congregational Church of Topsfield is our guest preacher this Sunday while our Interim Minister, Rev. Dr. David Fountain, is away this weekend.  Larry grew up in the Methodist Church and became a part of the United Church of Christ when he relocated to New England in 1974.  He has served in a number of leadership positions in the local church as well as the Mass. Conference of the United Church of Christ.  At the present time Larry is working as group therapy leader in the Senior Adult Unit at Addison Gilbert Hospital, a unit of Northeast Health System.  He is also the overnight on call chaplain at Beverly Hospital and spends two days a week as a chaplain at the Hospice of the North Shore and Greater Boston.  Recently, he finished a three year course of study preparing for work as a Pastoral Counselor.  He is now a Certified Pastoral Counselor through the American Association of Pastoral Counselors.
Larry holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from Tennessee Wesleyan College and a Master of Arts in Education Counseling from Tennessee Technological University.  He has completed several courses in Pastoral Counseling from Andover Newton Theological School.